Boeing chairman and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg on Wednesday reiterated his projection that the 737 MAX should begin to return to service around November. However, he conceded that lack of alignment among international regulatory bodies could mean that the grounded jet may first resume flying in the United States, with other major countries following later.…
An American Airlines mechanic has been accused of sabotaging a plane with 150 passengers aboard after allegedly being upset over stalled contract negotiations. Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani is claimed to have glued foam inside a tube that would disable navigation systems in an aircraft at Miami International Airport, in Florida. As a result, flight No.…
Finnair flight #AY1571 made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff due to the death of a passenger. A Finnair Airbus A319 was forced to make an emergency landing in the Finnish city of Turku due to the death of a passenger on board. The flight #AY1571 was heading to Paris CDG when it diverted only…
A runway was closed at Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport in in Saudi Arabia after an incident with a Boeing 767. An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 rejected take-off following an engine failure. The incident resulted of the explosion of 8 out of 10 tires. The runway was closed for 8 hours before the aircraft was…
Two Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bombers have collided on Friday over the Russian Lipetsk Region in an accident caused by the pilots’ error, a special commission will determine the extent of the jet crews’ responsibility, a source in the region’s power structures told TASS. “The pilots’ error resulted in the collision over the Lipetsk Region, a…
The Eurowings flight EW8855 had been on its way from Lamezia Terme in Italy to Berlin on Monday at the time of the disturbance. A spokesman for the German budget airline confirmed the incident, which occurred about 20 minutes from Berlin-Tegel Airport in the north of the city. “At an altitude of about 9000 metres,…
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s election plane sustained some damage in Victoria (CYYJ) after a media bus drove under one of its wings Wednesday night. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. C-GTQB) landed in the British Columbia capital after transporting Trudeau, his team and several journalists travelling with the campaign across the country for day one of the…